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Install scale in R

I try to install scale in R by:

devtools::install_github("scale",username="hadley/scale")

But 

Downloading github repo hadley/scale/scale@master
Error in download(dest, src, auth) : client error: (404) Not Found
In addition: Warning message:
Username parameter is deprecated. Please use hadley/scale/scale
Solution
    1. The general syntax of install_github function is:

    install_github(repo)

    where repo is in the format "username/repository"

    1. The syntax of both username and repository should be checked, to avoid the message

    Error in download(dest, src, auth) : client error: (404) Not Found

    1. It is also a good practice to compare versions available on both GitHub and CRAN. In the case of identical versions available, the simplest would be:

    install.packages(pkgname, dependencies = TRUE) # pkgname is enclosed in quotes

    where dependencies argument ensures the installation of all packages which pkg depends on/links to/imports/suggests.